OMNIDIRECTIONAL FREE SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVER

Free space optical communication provides fiber optic bandwidths in a wireless environment. With the continued need for higher data rate in wireless telecom, free space optics (FSO) or lasercomm is an approach that combines fiber optic bandwidths with wireless transmission capability. However, highly directive sources like lasers results in strict pointing and tracking requirements on FSO systems. For short range and high data rate applications like LANs or LiFi, a simple and inexpensive omnidirectional FSO (O-FSO) receiver is desirable.